An 85-year-old Prunedale man was arrested on attempted murder charges on Jan. 2 after sheriff's deputies said he shot his neighbor and a goat.Phillip Dexter, who lives on Avery Lane and was born in 1927, shot his neighbor, Cesario Diaz, three times on the first day of 2013, Monterey County Sheriff's deputies said.Dexter also shot one of Diaz' goats. Diaz and the goat were not struck by bullets, but rather pellets from the shell fired from Dexter's Winchester 1912 model shotgun.Diaz was transported to Natividad Medical Center to be treated for pellet wounds in his rib cage, arm and leg. Both Diaz and the goat are expected to recover from their injuries.Investigators did not release a motive in the shootings. Dexter was booked into the Monterey County Jail on charges of attempted murder, firing a gun near an inhabited dwelling, and animal cruelty.
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